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Adak
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city in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Aleutians West
- Mayor
- Kathy McCune
- State senator
- Lyman Hoffman ( D )
- State rep
- Bryce Edgmon ( I )
- Total
- 71.47 sq mi (185.10 km )
- Land
- 32.43 sq mi (84.00 km )
- Water
- 39.03 sq mi (101.10 km )
- Elevation
- 164 ft (50 m)
- Density
- 5.3/sq mi (2.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−10 ( Hawaii-Aleutian (HST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−9 (HDT)
- Fips code
- 02-00065
- Website
- adak-ak.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Adak (/ˈeɪ.dæk/, AY-dack; Aleut: Adaax, pronounced [ˈaðɑχ]), formerly Adak Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 171, down from 326 in 2010. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska. (See Extreme points of the United States.) The city is the former location of the Naval Air Facility Adak, NAVFAC Adak.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.